Doll and playpen



March 6, 1928. 1,661,283

H. v. ECKARDT DOLL AND PLAY PEN Filed Jan. 22. 1927 INVENTOR Herman\/.Eck 17 1' v ATT NE Patented Mar. 6, 1928.

UNIT- n STATES PATENT OFFICE;

HRRMAN V. ECKARDT, or BROOKLYN, New YORK, ASSIGNOR T0 s'rRAUss-EcKA m 00., Inc, ornnw YORK, n. Y.,' A CORPORATION or NEW YORK.

DOLL AND Application filed January 22, 1927, Serial No.

This invention relates to a toy, and has special reference to the provision of a novel toy embodying a doll and playpen. I i

It is well known to provide combinations of dolls with toy beds and doll houses with the parts constructed to permit the child to associate the same in the course of playin simulation or imitation of actions which the child itself is in the habit of performing.

A principal objectof my presentinvem tion comprehends'the provision of new combination comprising a doll and playpen related so as to permit the same to be associated so as to provide a new idea or direction of play for the child, the association creating an original, interesting and very attractive make-up for the child at play.

Corollary objects of my present invention comprehend the provision of a combined doll and playpen toy in which both the playpen and the doll are provided with accessory devices designed to enhance the attractiveness of the toy and to increase the playing uses of the toy to the child.

To the accomplishment of the foregoing and such other objects as will hereinafter appear, my invention consists in the elements and their relation one to the other, as here-. inafter particularly described and sought to be defined in theclaims. reference being bad to the'accompanying drawings which show the preferred embodimentof my invention, and in which:

Fig. 1 is a perspective view of "the novel toy showing the doll positioned inthe playpen, a

Fig. Qis a cross-sectional-view thereof taken'in the plane of the line 2-2, Flg. 1,

and

Fig. 3 is a fragmentary View of a part of the doll detached from the playpen.

Referring now more in detail to thedrawings. the invention comprises more particularly the provision of a playpen generally designated as Ahaving a form and con figuration adapted to the size of the doll to be associated therewith and a doll B removably positionable in said playpen, the said playpen and doll combination being associated in natural life-like simulation of a child or infant placed in a playpen.

The playpen structure may be made in different designs and in any desired way, and inthe preferred construction the same PLAYPEN.

162,824, and in Germany December 17, 1928.

comprises an enclosure made of reed or rattan comprising a bottom wall 10 and a plurality of enclosing side walls 11, 12, 13 and Li, the bottom ,wall being preferably formed of reed or imitation reed fibres 10 woven'in the usual manner over transversely arranged rods 10 and the side walls 11. to'lt being made of reed or imitation reed fibres interlaced in lattice-work form. The bottom wall 10 may be fixed to the side walls of the playpen in any approved fashion, such as by means of a reed fibre or ribbon 15 threaded about the meeting edges of the respective walls. Part of the side walls, such for example asthe bottom region thereof, maybe I additionally provided with a distinguishing structure such as'16 made in the form of a basket weave. a i a In order to create a greater interest in playing, the playpen is preferably equipped with additional devices or-arrangements suitable for play purposes, such additional de v vices preferably comprlsing an educational device in the form of a counting rod or counting frame generally designated as'17, which consists ofrmovable coloredballs or beads 18 which are movable on arod or wire 19. arranged across opposite side walls such as the walls 11 and 13 of the playpen, said rod-19 being suitably secured or attached to the upper edges of the playpen walls, as

' clearly shown in Figs. 1 and 2 of the drawings; With the provision of this additional educational device, the child has an opportunity itself'to learn how to count, although in a playing mood it serves to. permit the child to imitatingly teach the art of counting to the doll. The doll B is preferably articulatedand includes a body QOsuitably attired" provided with a movablehead 21, movable arms 22 and 23Qand movable legs 24: and 25 constructed in any approved manner well known to the art. Withv this construction the doll is removably positionable in the playpen, and may be arrangedthe'rein either in a sitting posture, as shown in Fig. 1 of the drawings, or ina standing posture supported by the playpen walls. Preferably to enhance the attractive appearance of the combination, the playpenis provided with a pillow 26 having a size and, configuratlon to cover the bottom wall 100i the playpen in the re-' gion of the basket weave enclosure 16, as

clearly shown in Figs. 1 and 2 of the drawplay features for the child, the doll is provided with other articles used by infants, and such articles are designed and arranged to give as natural an impression as possible. To carry out this idea, I provide a nursing bottle 27 with a nipple 28 attached thereto, the said nursing bottle being hung by a ribbon 29 around the'dolls neck and the said nipple 28 having terminal dimensions so as to permit the same to be inserted in the mouth 31 of the doll, the said mouth being so contoured-and the said nipple being so constructed as to permit both nursing bottle and nipple to be suspendingly and yieldingly held by thedolls mouth when the same is inserted in the dolls mouth, as clearly shown in Fig. 3 of the drawings. To lend further natural. attractiveness to the arrangement, the bottle 27 is made of an opaque white glass, and the nipple is made of a red-colored rubber, the two simulating the natural appearance of thereal article. The doll may be further provided with a rattle or bell 3O suspendingly attached to the doll arm 22.

The manner of making and using this novelcombination of doll and playpen and the numerous advantages thereof for the purposes of creating and satisfying the playing instincts of the vchild will be'fully apparent from the above detailed description' thereof. It will be further apparent that while I have shown and described my invention in the preferred form, that many changes and modifications may be made in the structure disclosed without departing from the spirit of the invention, defined in the following claims.

I claim.

1. A toyset comprising, in combination, a simulated miniature playpen having a bottom wall and a side wall enclosure, and a doll in said playpen simulating an infant at play, the'playpen being dimensioned proportionate to the doll therein.

2. A toy setcomprising, in combination, asimulated miniature playpen having a bottom wall and a side Wall enclosure, and an' device attached to said playpen for simulating a play activity for the doll and adapted to serve as an additional play or educational toy for a child.

4. A toy set comprising, in combination, a simulated miniature playpen having a bot tom wall and enclosing side walls made of lattice-work, a doll in said playpen simulating an infant at play, the playpen'being dimensioned proportionate to the doll therein and acounting rod with beads thereon arranged across two Walls of said playpen adjacent the top thereof.

5. A toy set comprising, in combination, a simulated miniature playpen having a bottom wall and a side wall enclosure, the bottom wall having an area for accon'm'iodating a small. doll in sitting posture and the side WELll '6I1ClOSl118 having a height reaching below the head of such doll when in sitting posture, and a doll in said playpen simulating an infant at play. I Y

6. Atoy set comprising, in combination, a simulated miniature playpen having a bottom 'walland a side wall enclosure, the bottom wall having an area just suflicientfor accommodating a small doll, in sitting posv ture and the side wall enclosure having a height reaching below the top of such doll when in sitting posture, a pillow in said playpen covering the bottom wall thereof.

thesidewall enclosure being closed in the Hill 

